The empty promises of Marie Kondo and the craze for minimalism ~life.style Article 3929 words 20 votes
Inside TurboTax’s twenty-year fight to stop Americans from filing their taxes for free ~finance Article 7022 words 16 votes
What I learned in avalanche school: I wanted to be prepared for the worst nature could throw at me. But the real threat turned out to be human ~hobbies Article 6826 words 8 votes
How an Alzheimer’s ‘cabal’ thwarted progress toward a cure ~science medicine Article 4295 words, published Jun 25 2019 9 votes
Colleges are turning students’ phones into surveillance machines, tracking the locations of hundreds of thousands ~tech privacy Article 3179 words 35 votes
The internet made trans people visible. It also left them more vulnerable. ~lgbt transgender Article 4345 words 11 votes
Two titles, 210 straight starts, one Eli: How Manning conquered New York ~sports.american_football Article 3255 words 4 votes
The hiding place: Inside the world's first long-term storage facilty for highly radioactive nuclear waste ~enviro energy Article 5235 words, published Jul 26 2019 10 votes
Sixteen significant gaming industry figures talk about some of the major trends and changes in gaming over the last decade ~games Article 5415 words, published Dec 19 2019 10 votes
One nation, tracked : An investigation into the smartphone tracking industry ~tech privacy Article 4390 words 15 votes
When the USS John S. McCain crashed in the Pacific, the Navy blamed the destroyer’s crew for the loss of ten sailors. The truth is the Navy’s flawed technology set the McCain up for disaster ~humanities.history Article 5696 words 9 votes
Amid accusations of harassment and bad business practices, Ben Judd has resigned or been removed from his positions as CEO of Dangen, VP of DDM Japan, and more ~games Article 3165 words 4 votes
Jeff VanderMeer, the author of “Annihilation,” brings us fresh horrors with each new book. So why does he remain an optimist? ~books science fiction Article 4277 words, published Dec 12 2019 5 votes
Hundreds of ‘pink slime’ local news outlets are distributing algorithmic stories and conservative talking points ~news usa journalism Article 4167 words 12 votes
Ponzi schemes, private yachts, and a missing $250 million in crypto: The strange tale of Quadriga and its founder's mysterious death ~tech Article 8102 words 8 votes
A detailed walkthrough of the process to determine the location shown in photographs released by Europol to help investigate child sexual abuse ~life Article 14 votes
Walking 1000 km across Japan to savor the fading beauty of traditional kissaten cafes and their signature snack: pizza toast ~food restaurants Article 5567 words 11 votes
The fertile shore: Archaeologists and even geneticists are closer than ever to understanding when humans made the first bold journey to the Americas ~humanities.history Article 4444 words 8 votes
Learning about love and banter from Tinder, Garry Kasparov, and Turing tests ~life relationships Article 3441 words, published Dec 7 2019 7 votes
Inspired by Wikipedia and its predecessors, a new genre is emerging at the crossroads of interactive fiction and alternate reality games ~games Article 3000 words, published Dec 13 2019 8 votes
A look inside some of the facets of the world of falcon breeding, racing, and hunting ~hobbies Article 3642 words, published Dec 10 2019 4 votes
The terror queue - Google and YouTube moderators speak out on the work that's giving them PTSD ~tech social media google Article 6184 words 13 votes
Examination of US Fortune 500 companies' 2018 filings shows that many paid a low effective federal tax rate in 2018, including ninety-one that paid no federal taxes at all ~finance business Article 14 244 words 9 votes
Prime leverage: How Amazon wields power in the technology world ~tech amazon.web services Article 3013 words 5 votes
When will the Arctic see its first ice-free summer? ~enviro climate change water Article 4650 words 6 votes
Death Stranding: Hideo Kojima’s latest release is strange, celebrated by critics, and highlights how hard it is for any video game to achieve mainstream legitimacy without a vast budget ~games Article 3242 words 5 votes
Dumbass Home 2.0: Home automation without bullshit ~tech Article 6234 words, published Mar 5 2019 21 votes
For decades, anti-government and white supremacist groups have been attempting to recruit police officers – and the authorities themselves aren’t even certain about the scale of the problem ~misc politics Article 3742 words 12 votes
"Forgive us our debts": Jubilee Baptist Church is a quasi-socialist, anti-racist, LGBTQ-affirming church conducting a bold experiment, focusing on debt, work, and freedom from oppression ~humanities religion Article 8024 words 10 votes
Showdown in Wisconn Valley: Why won’t Foxconn tell Wisconsin what it’s building? ~tech Article 3342 words 13 votes
"Humans were not centre stage": How ancient cave art puts us in our place ~humanities.history Article 4749 words 13 votes
Salesforce founder Marc Benioff has donated a fortune to right capitalism's wrongs, and he thinks his fellow billionaires should too. Why can't we just be grateful? ~finance Article 6563 words 10 votes